Cigarette holder



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CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed July ll, 1955 Hlm) l 4 j] jy J0 J2 May 7, 1957United States Patent i ce CIGARETTE HOLDER Will Jones, Calumet City,Ill. Application July 11, 1955, Serial No. 521,097

4 Claims. (Cl. 131-198) This invention relates to holders for acigarette or the like and has for a general object the provision of anew and improved holder of the type described having means for admittingfresh for mixture with the smoke from a burning cigarette to permit theuser to enjoy a cooler, longer lasting and less harmful smoke.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a new and improvedcigarette holder having at one end a bit portion adapted to be held inthe mouth and at the other end a recess for receiving the end of acigarette, an intermediate chamber extending from the recess toward thebit portion, a smoke passage extending from the intermediate chamberthrough the bit portion, and a pas sage for admitting fresh air to theintermediate chamber for mixture with smoke from a cigarette, said freshair passage being formed so as to avoid being clogged when the holder iscleaned.

Another object is to provide a holder for a cigarette or the likecomprising a mouthpiece having a reduced cylindrical portion at one endand la smoke passage extending through the length of the mouthpiece, atubular member having a stepped bore therethrough, the bore including arst portion at one end rotatably receiving the reduced cylindricalportion of the mouthpiece, an enlarged intermediate portion form-ing' achamber communicating with the smoke passage, and a still larger portionat the other end forming a recess adapted to receive the end of acigarette, a fresh air passage extending longitudinally from the chamberalongside the first portion of the bore to the end face of the tubularmember to communicate with a notch formed on the mouthpiece and admitfresh air to the chamber, the rotatable connection of the mouthpiece andthe tubular member permitting adjustment of the elfective size of thefresh air passage.

Other objects and advantages will become readily apparent from thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a holder embodying my invention, showing acigarette positioned in the holder;

Figure 2 is an exploded plan view of the holder shown in Figure l,showing the mouthpiece or bit member and thehollow cigarette receivingmember separated;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an end elevation of the bit member taken at about the line4-4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is an end elevation of the hollow cigarette receiving membertaken at'about the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

While an illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in thedrawings and will be described in detail herein, the invention issusceptible of embodiment in many dilferent forms, and it should beunderstood that the present disclosure is to be considered as anexemplication of the principles of the invention and is not i-ntended tolimit the invention to the embodiment illus- 2,791,224 Patented May 7,1957 trated. The scope of the invention will be pointed out in theappended claims.

Referring now to the drawings, the invention vis embodied in a holder,generally designated 10, comprised of two parts, a mouthpiece or bitmember 11, and a hollow member 12 adapted to receive the end of acigarette or the like, indicated at 13. The two parts of the holder areadapted to be detachably tted together and, as described hereinafter,are held together in such a manner that one part may be rotativelyadjusted with respect to the other.

The mouthpiece or bit member 11 is preferably comprised of a relativelyhard material, which may be a plastic or other composition, and isformed at one end with a attened portion 14 adapted to be held in themouth by the user. The bit member is reduced at the other end, forming aperipheral shoulder 15 and a reduced cylindrical portion 16 which fitsinto a recess provided inthe flexible hollow cigarette holding member12. A smoke passage 17 extends through the length of the bit member. Thecylindrical end portion 16 is fashioned at its end with a peripheralflange 18 which is utilized in holding the two parts of the holdertogether. A notch 19 provided in the vertical face of the shoulder 15 isadapted to communicate with a passage formed in the hollow member 12 toadmit fresh air to the holder for mixture with smoke from a cigarette.

The hollow member 12 is generally cylindrical in shape exteriorly and isformed with a stepped bore extending therethrough. The bore includes atone end a first portion forming a recess 20 adapted to receive thereduced cylindrical portion 16 of the bit member with a rotatable litbetween the parts. The flexible hollow member 12 is comprised of amaterial such as rubber or the like and permits the flange 18 at the endof the reduced cylindrical portion of the bit member to be pushedthrough the recess 20 in assembling the holder. The ange is thenreceived in an enlarged intermediate portion of the bore which forms achamber 21 in which fresh air is mixed with smoke. When the parts areassembled, the flange 18 is seated against an inclined shoulder orfillet 22 formed at the juncture of the recess 20 and the chamber 21 todetachably retain the two parts of the holder in assembled condition.

The intermediate chamber 21 is connected with a still larger portion ofthe bore which forms a recess 23 adapted to receive and hold the end ofa cigarette or the like. A shoulder 24 at the juncture of the chamber 21and the recess 23 deines the limit to which a cigarette may be insertedinto the holder. In order to facilitate insertion of a cigarette intothe recess 23, it is provided at the end with a bevel 2S, and the boremay be tapered from the bevel 25 to the shoulder 24. The cigarette maybe easily pushed into place with a rotating motion. The construction ofthe member 12 of a rubber-like material, facilitates removal of acigarette butt by rolling the holder between the fingers with pressurenear the end. This reduces the Idiameter of the butt so that it willfall out of the recess.

In order to permit the admission of fresh air to the interior of theholder for mixture with smoke from a cigarette, the member 12 isprovided with a longitudinally extending bore 26 which leads from theintermediate chamber 21 and forms a passage adapted to connect thechamber to fresh air. The bore 26 leads from the chamber 21 at thejuncture of the shoulder 22 with the wall of the intermediate chamberand extends alongside the recess 20 to the end face 2'7 of the member12.Atits terminus in the end face 27, the bore 26 is adapted to4 registerwith the notch 19 in the face of the peripheral shoulder 15 on the bitmember 11. When the two parts 11 and 12 arerotatively-adjusted so thatthe bore 26 and the-notch 19- are in register, freshair will beladmitted oftheitwo-parts llandr 12 to placetlie=passage 261mregisterrwith the notch 19, the tubular member 12'maybefprovidedfexteriorly with an--indi'ciaf in-'line'it with thepassage V262` As illustrated, the indicia comprises a longitudinallyextending rib Zt` having a width eq'ualto the diameter: of! the passagef26 `and being readily` visible toaid in.adjusting-the;passage'264relative tothe notch i9;

Mixture of freshairfwith the cigarette smoke has the effect of` coolingthe smoke andv causes apartialcondensation4 of theV nicotineL and. tarsYcontained in the smoke so that the smoke reaching the smokers mouthViscooler andllessrharmfult. TheY fresh air1 passage also reduces thedraught'ontheburning cigarette when-the smoker draws, sozthatAthe;cigarettelastsLlonger. The freshfair passage may be1closed:whilelighting acigarette by placing the fingertip overthe entrance atthe-notchf19, or by adjustingthe twoxpartsll and 12 so `asto close thepassage 26V. Theepassage- 26 is completely opened when the rib 28 iscentrally aligned with the notch 19. The effective size ofA the, passage26 may be regulated to suit the desires ofthe particularY smoker byrotatively. adjusting the relationship ofthe passage'to the notch 19.

In 'holdersV ofthe prior art, passages for admitting fresh air for'mixture'with the smoke have led at substantially right angles from therelatively small smoke passage corresponding to that indicatedat 17 inthe holder embodying my invention. Since the smoke passage is ofrelatively small dimensions, condensated tars adhering to the walls ofthe passage more readily clog this passage, requiring that the passagebe cleaned with means such as a conventional pipe cleaner. And since thefresh air passageV isA of relatively small dimensions, it readilybecomes clogged incleaning thc smoke passage. This disadvantage iseliminated in thc holder embodying my invention by providing anintermediate mixing chamber of enlarged'proportions relative to thesmoke passage and by positioning the fresh air passage to lead into themixing chamber. The smoke passage may be readily cleaned since itis'entirely contained in the bit member 11, and cleaning of the smokepassage will not result in clogging the fresh air passage since thelatter leads from the mixing chamber rather than the smoke passage andextends alongside the smoke passage. Moreover, the terminus of the freshair passage at the intermediate chamber 21 is enlarged, by virtue of-itsintersection at the juncture of the shoulder 22` and the wall of theintermediate i chamber 21 to further reduce` the likelihood of its beingclogged when it becomes necessary to clean the chamber 21.

I claim:

1. A holder for a cigarette or the like comprising: a bitmember havingat one end a portion adapted to be held in the mouth and at the otherend a reduced cylindrical portion havingy a peripheral flange at itsIend, a peripheral shoulder formed at the juncture of the two portions,and a smoke passage extending through the length of the bit member; arubber-like tubular member having a stepped bore therethrough, said boreincluding a rst portion at one end rotatably receiving the reducedcylindrical portion of the bit member, an enlarged intermediate portionforming a chamber communicating with said smoke passage, and a stilllarger portion at the other end forming a recess adapted to receive theend of a cigarette, a second shoulder formed at the juncture of the rstportion of the bore and the chamber against which said peripheral'angeengages, said rubber-like tubular member having a fresh air passage forthe chamber extending longitudinally from said second shoulder alongsidethe rst portion ofthe bore to the end face of the tubular face` of the-fperipherall shoulder on the bitY member to register with the fresh airpassage in the tubular member, whereby fresh air may be admitted to saidchamber, the rotatable connection of the bit member and the tubularmember permitting adjustment of the effective size of the fresh airpassage, and an external rib on the tubular member radially alignedivi/ith` the fresh air passage to indicate the positionof theV freshairpassage with respect to the notch.

2. A holder for afcigarette or the. like comprising a bit member havingat one end a portion adapted to be held in the-mouth, areduced* portionat the other end, a peripheral shoulder formed'at the juncture of thetwo portions, and a smoke passage extending through the length of thebit member; a hollow member having at one end a first recess removablyreceiving the reduced portion of the bit member, and at the other end asecond recessfor receiving the end of a" cigarette, an intermediatechamber connecting thetwo recesses, a second shoulder formed atthe-juncture'of the rst recess andthe intermediate chamber, and a-fresh`air passage originating at the juncture of'said-secondshoulder andthe'wall of said intermediate chamber and extending longitudinallytherefrom alongside the first-*recess*v to the end face of the hollowmember; saidbitmember having a notch formed in the face ofthe'peripheralshoulder on thebit member invregister withthe fresh-airpassage, whereby fresh air will be admitted tosaid'chamber.

V3. A. holder for aA cigarette or the like comprising a bit memberhavingfat-one enda portion adapted-to be held in thermouth, a reduced'portion at the other end, a peripheral flange formed' at the end of thereduced portion, and) a smoke passage extending through the length ofthe bit member; a hollowl flexible member having at one end a firstrecess removably receiving the reduced portionofi the bitmember and atthe other end' a second rccess for receiving the end of a cigarette, an

intermediate chamber connecting the two recesses, and

a shoulder. formed at'the juncture of the first recess and theintermediate chamber; the peripheral flange at the end of the reducediportion of the bit member being received in said chamber and seatedagainst said shoulder to-removably hold'the bit member and hollow membertogether; and'means forming a passage leading from said chamber andconnecting the chamber to fresh air for mixture with smoke from acigarette.

4. A holder for a cigarette or the like, comprising, a bit member havingat one end a portion adapted to be held in the mouth, a reduced portionat the other end, a peripheral shoulder formed at the junction ofthe-two portions, and a smoke passage extending through the length ofthe bit member; a hollow member having at one end'a first recessremovably and rotatably receiving the reduced portion of the bitmember,and at the other end a secondrecess for receiving the end of acigarette, an intermediate chamber connecting the two recesses, and afresh air passage leading from. said chamber to the end face of thehollow member adjacent the rst recess; said bit member having a notchformed in the face of the peripheral shoulder to register with the freshair passage and adaptedfor adjustmentrelative thereto on rotatableadjustment of the hollow member relative to the bitmember.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITEDv STATES PATENTS1,099,574 Sargent June 9, 1914 1,266,553 Cherekjian May 21, 19181,974,242 Jordan et al; Sept. 18, 1934 FOREIGN PATENTS 978,430 FranceNov. 22, 1950

